A campaign to give local people ownership of a North Belfast wood has taken a step forward with the set up of a unique Twitter account for a tree. A horse chestnut tree in Throne Wood, between the Antrim Road and Whitewell Road, has been given its own Twitter account @HorseChestnut1. The tree began tweeting on the micro blogging site last month.

Residents living near a woodland area of North Belfast are being urged to get involved in a campaign to maintain the site. Throne Woods, which sits between the Antrim Road and the Whitewell Road, has recently undergone improvement works by the Woodland